摘要 |
<p>The Inventor provides a process for the treatment of an effluent stream comprising:
(i) passing the effluent stream into an activated sludge basin;
(ii) removing at least a portion of activated sludge from the activated sludge basin;
(iii) pressurising at least a portion of the removed activated sludge in the presence of a gas to form pressurised activated sludge;
(iv) flash depressurising the pressurised activated sludge to form depressurised sludge; and
(v) returning at least a portion of the depressurised sludge to the activated sludge basin.</p> |